LINTON v. AIRBUS INDUSTRIE

No. 93-7479.

30 F.3d 592 (1994)

Laura Howell LINTON, Individually and as the Personal Representative of the Estates of Andrew Jay Howell and Sarah Stoll Howell, Deceased, and on Behalf of Rena Howell, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. AIRBUS INDUSTRIE, et al., Defendants, Airbus Industrie and Aeroformation, Defendants-Appellants. Mr. and Mrs. Stan MOSS, Individually and as Temporary Administrators of the Estate of Alison Leslie Moss, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. AIRBUS INDUSTRIE, et al., Defendants, Airbus Industrie and Aeroformation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied September 13, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacques E. Soiret, Kirtland & Packard, Los Angeles, CA, Charles W. Schwartz, Thad T. Dameris, Raybourne Thompson, Jr., Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, for appellants.

Francis I. Spagnoletti, David A. Bickham, Spagnoletti & Assoc., Houston, TX, for Laura Howell Linton, et al.

Michael J. Maloney, Fisher, Gallagher & Lewis, David Holman, Houston, TX, for Mr. and Mrs. Stan Moss, etc.

Before GOLDBERG, KING and WIENER, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied September 13, 1994.

WIENER, Circuit Judge.

Defendants-Appellants Airbus Industrie, G.I.E. ("Airbus") and its subsidiary, Aeroformation ("AeF"), (collectively "Airbus Defendants") were sued in state court. The Airbus Defendants removed this case to federal court, where they sought immunity from suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ("FSIA").1 Jurisdiction for this removal...

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